#488BE6#488BE6

#488BE6 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.256; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.153 H 256.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488BE6
RGB	rgb(72, 139, 230)
HSL	hsl(215, 76%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(215, 69%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.7%, 39.6%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.61, 8.05, -52.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.61, 52.96, 278.74°)
OKLab	oklab(63.66% -0.0352 -0.1492)
OKLCH	oklch(63.66% 0.153 256.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.1828, 25.5534, 78.4000)
Luminance	0.2556 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#488BE6 #E6A348

analogous

#48DAE6 #488BE6 #5448E6

triadic

#488BE6 #E6488B #8BE648

tetradic

#488BE6 #E648DA #E6A348 #48E654

square

#488BE6 #E648DA #E6A348 #48E654

split-complementary

#488BE6 #E65448 #DAE648

monochromatic

#164F9E #1D6BD4 #488BE6 #7EADED #B4CFF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.44

#488BE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.11

#488BE6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488BE6

6.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488BE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488BE6	1.00	3.44	6.11	6.11
#FFFFFF	3.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6192EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4884E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A0AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488be6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 139, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.153 256.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cacee',
    500: '#488be6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488be6;
$custom-light: #8cacee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488be6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.557,
    "s": 75.962,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63663,
    "c": 0.15331,
    "h": 256.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.25556
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488BE6

secondary

#E4CAA6

accent

#A235F3

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F2F4FD

border

#CCCED5

text

#0D1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #488BE6

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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